On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 18:26, phester <fun...@armorfirewall.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, 24 Jan 2010, Jason Lewis wrote: > > > Has anyone considered thatt they knew about the vuln and the govt > > asked them to not fix it until it was public? > > > When you are talking about multinational corporations, the question may > be; Which government? > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2659857.stm
[quote]"The basic business decision that we decided to make here is that Microsoft is willing to trust governments and willing to partner closely with them," said Salah Dandan, the initiative's worldwide manager.[/quote] This is "in response to competition with companies who offer "open source" software..." The difference is that open source lets *everyone* see it. Microsoft only trusts governments to see the source... and god forbid they allow someone to modify [fix] and redistribute it. just my 2 cents worth... ;-] -- steve pirk refiamerica.org "father... the sleeper has awakened..." paul atreides - dune kexp.org member august '09
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